Curtain ring



April 19, 1932. H. RUMPF ET AL CURTAIN RING Fi'led June 27 1927 R S m m m R w m H mm 0 UU RR H.L W

Patented Apr. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES HERMAN RUMPF AND IRWIN RUMPF', or SAN FRANCISCO, CA IFO NIA I CURTAIN RING Application filed June 27, 1927; SeriaI No. 201,756;

This invention relates to improvements in curtain rings.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a curtain ring which may be easily attached to the curtain rod without the necessity of removing the rod from the window frame.

Another object is to produce a ring which will readily slide upon the curtain rod. Another object is to produce a ring which will conform to the shape of the rod or pole upon which the same is to be used.

A still further object is to produce a device of this character which is economical to manufacture.

A still further object is to provide mean-s upon the ring for preventing the curtain being suspended from slipping with relation to the ring.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure I is a perspective view of our curtain ring,

Figure II is a top plan view showing one of our rings as the same appears during the act of placing the same upon the rod and after being positioned upon the rod, and

Figure III is a side elevation of a curtain rod having our rings positioned thereon and showing in dotted lines the relative position that a curtain will assume upon the rings.

As far as we are aware of, rings commonly employed for suspending curtains or drapes from poles or rods consist of a solid ringshaped portion which must be slipped from the end of the pole. This necessitates the removing of the pole or rod from the window frame in order to place the rings thereon.

Our invention contemplates the use of a ring having a split upper portion formed by the over-lapping of the two ends of the wire forming the ring, which spliit portion is adapted to separate a sufficient amount to permit the pole or rod to pass there-through so as to be encircled thereby.

In accomplishing this object, we have preferably employed resilient wire, which wire is bent into a loop which has a substantially rectangular shape as illustrated in Figure I The wire is designated by the numeral 5 and the rectangular loop is shown at 6.

A return bend in the wire forms a depending U-shaped portion 7 which connects with the loop portion 6. That portion of the wire as shown at 8 is roughened so as to maintain the fabric to be supported, from slipping.

The lapped ends of the ring are shown at 9 and 11, the ends of which wire are turned down as shown at 12 and 13, and terminate in pointed extremities.

In Figure II, we have shown a curtain rod 14: commonly known as a Kirsch rod and at the left of this view we have shown one of our rings as the same would appear when 7 being slipped over this rod. The rod enters the loop 6 by passing between the lapped portions 9 and 11, after which the ring as a whole is turned so as to assume the position shownv at the right of this figure.

In Figure III we have shown a pair of rings upon a rod and in dotted lines the position a curtain or drape would assume when supported by our rings.

Eyes may be secured to the curtain and so engaged as to be supported at the lower 90 end of the ring, while that portion of the fabric above the eye may be stitched or other wise secured to the roughened portion of the ring.

It will thus be seen that we have produced a very simple and efiicient curtain ring, one which will perform all of the objects above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we, claim A curtain ring formed from a single strip 10" of resilient wire bent to provide a substantially U-shape portion, thence further bent to provide a loop of substantially rectangular formation, the loop being relatively larger than the U-shape portion with the latter depending therefrom, the end portions of the Wire being dis osed in overlapped relation at the upper end of the loop, with the extremities positioned to be directed downwardly, and the end portions, the substantially rectangular loop and substantially U-shaped portion cooperating to provide a substantially P-shape formation.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

HERMAN RUMPF. IRWIN RUMPF. 

